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NASHVILLE, Tenn. — In an arena without air conditioning, facing an opponent playing on its home floor and a trip to the Sweet 16 on the line, the Blue Devils used the game’s intensity to get hot from the field. The highest-scoring game of Duke’s season—with 176 total points scored—the second-seeded Blue Devils dominated Tuesday night’s matchup against Van-
derbilt in a fast-paced shootout, defeating the Commodores 96-80 at Memorial Gynmasium. Led by Haley Peters and Tricia Liston, who scored 25 and 23 points, respectively, Duke took its momentum from Sunday’s lopsided victory over Samford to dominate seventhseeded Vanderbilt. A raucous Commodore crowd had little effect on the Blue Devils early on, with head coach Joanne P. SEE W. BASKETBALL ON PAGE 7
Negotiations between Black Student Alliance and administrators are making progress following the delivery of the Black Culture Initiative. The initiative is a list of recommendations that addresses problems facing the black community at Duke. BSA issued the list to administrators in January, and its members have since held consistent discussions with upper-level administrators. As a result, BSA has secured $13,000 from the Office of the Provost to fund the various groups that would like to participate in Black Student Alliance Invitational, the admission weekend for prospective black students, said BSA President Nana Asante, a senior. This contribution will complement funds BSAI already receives annually—including $2,000 from the Mary Lou Williams Center for Black Culture and $5,000 from the admissions office, Asante said. The University has promised to maintain this total $20,000 pledge in years to come. This year’s BSAI will begin Thursday. A secure and increased investment in BSAI—one of the action items requested in the Black Culture Initiative—will help recruit a number of black students from an extremely competitive applicant pool, said BSAI Chair Charles West, a junior. In years past, BSA would solicit funding through the programming fund of the Student Organization Finance Committee. He noted that this allocation for BSAI is a significant increase from the amount of money that previously funded the weekend. “By providing this money, the University has shown that it is on the right trajectory to achieving greater diversity and enriching the at-large community,” West
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DSG to consider restructuring of committees by Patton Callaway THE CHRONICLE
Duke Student Government will vote Wednesday on a proposal to completely reorganize the Senate’s structure. The rules committee approved a final proposal for restructuring DSG Tuesday that will change the committee structure of the Senate. The proposal suggests the Senate eliminate five existing committees and convert to seven new committees: services; residential life; social culture; facilities and environment; diversity and equity; academic affairs; and Durham and regional affairs. If approved the restructuring will have an effect on upcoming elections. SEE DSG ON PAGE 6
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Pond to save water, provide park space by Margot Tuchler THE CHRONICLE
A man-made pond will soon help Duke reduce its dependence on city water while providing a new recreational outlet for the community. In Spring 2013, the University is set to break ground on a roughly four-acre water reclamation pond that will increase Duke’s self-sufficiency in water usage while also serving as a park. The pond will be located near the intersection of Circuit Drive and Towerview and Erwin roads and could save the Duke up to 100 million gallons of potable water annually. The reservoir, to be completed Spring 2014, will provide water to Duke’s chilled water plants, which satisfy most of the campus’ water needs and are the largest users of potable water, Vice President for Facilities John Noonan wrote in an email Sunday. The chilled water plants help air condition a significant number of facilities on campus, among other functions. The entire pond area will be six acres in total as it includes recreational space. There will be walking trails surrounding the pond, though there will not be any recreational activity in the water, Noonan said, noting that the
park will be an amenity for the entire campus. The cost of the project is expected to be about $9 million. About $6 million or $7 million will be spent on the pond itself, and the remainder will be used to fund the park’s construction, said Executive Vice President Tallman Trask. Duke is currently the largest user of the city of Durham’s water, which presents concerns about dependency on the city. “Going back to the [2007] drought, we started wondering about whether there were ways we could... protect ourselves against drought, [and be] maybe a little less dependent on the city,” Trask said. The pond will also be useful for future University projects when water issues need to be taken into consideration, Trask added. It is designed to handle varying water levels during different seasons and will be able to fluctuate between three and five acres. Construction cannot begin until Duke acquires the proper permits from the city of Durham and the U.S. Army Corps. of Engineers, which investigates, develops and maintains national environmental resources, particularly water.
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“It takes more than just one institution to impact the care of women around the world.” —Dr. Haywood Brown on health concerns. See Q&A page 3
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WASHINGTON, D.C. — A win for President Barack Obama at the Supreme Court, weighing the constitutionality of the health care law that stands as his chief domestic achievement, could also set back his re-election bid. While the White House counts on the court upholding a law extending health insurance to millions of Americans, a favorable ruling offers Republicans a pointed campaign message for November: Remove Obama, repeal the law. “It gives a certain, simple focused objective to people that is a much easier rallying point,� said Ken Cuccinelli, the Republican Virginia attorney general waging a legal battle against the law in federal courts.“It would galvanize a lot of grassroots activities.� Since Obama signed the law, public opinion has remained divided, with opinion polls showing strong opposition among Republicans and independents.
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Faith & Law: A Judge’s View Law School 4055, 12:15-1:15 p.m. Justice Paul Newby of the North Carolina Supreme Court will talk about how faith has impacted his life and career.
Contraception fight shapes Portraits of Putin sales Virginia Senate campaign surge after re-election WASHINGTON, D.C. — Hundreds of women lined the entrance to Virginia’s Capitol last month to stare down state lawmakers debating a bill to declare that life starts at conception. That’s the kind of event Democrats are counting on to help them in November.
MOSCOW, Russia — Portraits of Prime Minister Vladimir Putin are surging in online sales after his re-election to the Kremlin, almost eliminating demand for President Dmitry Medvedev’s image. Putin, 59, is set to start his third term as Russian president in May.
Exhibit Opening: Fragments from Another Life Rubenstein Hall 153, 5-6:30 p.m. A panel discussion of refugee issues will mark the opening of the photographic exhibit presented by Rhonda Klecansky.
Why Wilderness? LSRC B101, 6:30-8:30 p.m. Join Garry Oye, chief of Wilderness Stewardship for the National Park Service, will give a presentation about the current state of the Wilderness Preservation System. —from calendar.duke.edu
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At Arlington National Cemetery, family members, friends and officials follow the caisson carrying the flag-draped coffin of Maj. Robert J. Marchanti II, the 48-year-old former Maryland teacher who was one of two U.S. soldiers killed in a Feb. 25 shooting inside the Afghan Interior Ministry in Kabul.
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ith Haywood Brown Q&A with Dr. Haywood Brown, chair of obstetrics and gynecology at Duke Medicine, received the Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine’s 2012 Achievement Award. Brown, a maternal-fetal medicine specialist, is known for working with women at high-risk outcomes, and in particular, women from underserved communities. He also started a global health initiative to address women’s health concerns in less developed regions. The Chronicle’s Danielle Muoio sat down with Brown to discuss his award and involvement with maternal-fetal medicine. The Chronicle: How did it feel to receive the SMFM Achievement Award? Haywood Brown: It’s a tremendous honor.... The list of individuals who have received it is a who’s-who in maternalfetal medicine. To be included among those individuals is a wonderful honor, especially at this stage of my life where I am still such an active player and member of [SMFM] and so actively involved in various activities. To see it now at the end of my career is an amazing Haywood Brown honor. TC: What got you interested in working with women at high-risk outcomes? HB: Maternal-fetal medicine is a subspecialty of obstetrics. It requires additional training beyond your general training, and our organization... is about 32 years old now. When you begin to appreciate the disparity in health outcomes based on ethnicity, especially for pregnant women, my interest really came from recognizing the fact that I want to make a contribution in the outcome for all women, but
particular for women who come from diverse and underserved backgrounds. Our organization is only 40 years old, which makes it even more rewarding to receive this [award]. TC: Can you tell me about your research on health disparities and its relation to prenatal outcomes? HB: Prematurity, infant mortality and maternal mortality are higher in women of ethnic minorities—in particular black women—than they are for white women. My research focus has been trying to understanding why this is, number one, and designing interventions that would improve those outcomes. TC: It seems your line of work has a lot to do with the socioeconomic background of patients. Are there common threads between the resources available to patients and the outcome of their pregnancy? HB: It’s not always resource-driven. It is the stresses that they have in their lives that impact it. It’s also the medical factors that impact it, whether it be diabetes or obesity or other factors. And understanding the social, as well as the medical aspects of it, really helps you to design interventions geared toward those things. Recognizing that the socioeconomic aspects is just one part of it. Our research is so relevant because it has identified barriers beyond barriers of care that impact outcome. TC: Could you elaborate on some of these barriers that have been identified that have to do with the social aspects? HB: Poverty is a big issue, no question. Being underserved or socioeconomically disadvantaged is an issue. But when I say that when you are more likely to have hy-
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pertension or diabetes, that may be a factor in your environment.... Interventions can be simple or they can be more complex. Understanding the dynamics of the family is essential as well for improving outcome. That’s the basis of understanding disparity of care—it’s not just about dollars but also about social resources. TC: When you see a patient, do you go over all the aspects of their lives? HB: Yes, it’s called risk assessment. First of all, you need to see patients early enough to be able to have an intervention. And what we know about disadvantaged women sometimes is that they do not seek care early. If you don’t seek care early enough to get that intervention, then your risk with that subsequent pregnancy is higher and that can lead to prematurity. TC: How would you say you going about doing that? HB: By having resources in the community—by making sure that services are available in the community and that those services are acceptable to women in the public and private sector. TC: Did this emphasis on communal health lead to the global health initiative? HB: It’s certainly our intention in obstetrics to globalize what we know and what we have learned to other parts of the world and our community as well. I was just meeting with my counterpart at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine, and we discussed combining not just our financial resources, but our manpower resources, to deal with some of the global health issues for maternal mortality, particularly in regard to hemorrhaging and maternal death.... It takes more than just one institution to impact the care of wom-
en around the world. I’m involved in that but also our national organizations are very involved in that. TC: Is the obstetrics and gynecology department’s involvement in global health an initiative that came underway when you became chair of the department? HB: Yes. I was minimally involved when I was in Indiana but very involved once I got to Duke because we had established relationships here with Haiti and Tanzania. It gave me a natural entry to talk about women’s issues in those countries. Having now traveled to Haiti and Tanzania in the past several years, I have had a chance to help support the programs geared toward improving the health of women. TC: Could you tell me more about your involvement and other physicians involvement in Third World countries with women’s health care? HB: You have to look at the problems they have. Number one, if you take Haiti and Tanzania the biggest challenges there is maternal death. It’s a rarity [in the U.S.], but it’s an everyday issue there. Trying to design interventions to combat hemorrhage and death from hypertension in those countries is paramount to improving outcome. [There are] women who have to travel great distances, women who do not have facilities. You have to design your program around what they have, and that’s pretty much what we have done. Faculty spend significant amount of times in those countries and work with the local community in order to improve the health of women. That’s the goal—you really have to work with the global community, the community that is there and the government in order to impact health.
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Hunt to lead GPSC next Fall The Graduate and Professional Student Council elected five members of its 2012-2013 executive board at its meeting Tuesday, GPSC President-elect Bill Hunt said. Hunt, a fourth-year doctoral candidate in English, will succeed GPSC President Felicia Hawthorne, a fifth-year doctoral candidate in the genetics and genomics program. “I am really excited to have been elected president, and I look forward to working together with stakeholders throughout the Duke and Durham community,” Hunt wrote in an email Tuesday night. “I’m really excited about working with next year’s executive board in a way that best represents the shared goals of the graduate and professional student community.” Shannon O’Connor, a third-year M.D./Ph.D. student at the School of Medicine will serve as vice president of the council. Amol Yadav, a doctoral candidate at the Center for Neuroengineering, was elected treasurer. Chris Marsicano, a first-year master of public policy candidate, was elected attorney general. Pan Wu, a fourth-year doctoral candidate in chemistry, will serve as academic officer. Due to time constraints at the meeting Tuesday, elections for the remaining positions were tabled until the meeting March 27, Hunt said. The positions to be determined at the later date include executive secretary, student life co-chairs, communications coordinator, University affairs coordinator, student group liaison, community outreach coordinator and career development chair. —from Staff Reports
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Santorum’s tactics proving troublesome by Karen Tumulty and Nia-Malika Henderson THE WASHINGTON POST
In getting this far, Rick Santorum has achieved what no one, with the possible exception of himself, would have thought was possible four months ago. But the very qualities that made him a contender are turning into problems, as he is more frequently being tripped up by saying what is on his mind and by sometimes-errant tactical instincts. His candid comments and unconventional moves were badges of authenticity in the early contests, but they now raise doubts about Santorum’s capacity to be his party’s standard-bearer in the general election. And they have hampered Santorum’s ability to capitalize on opportunities to narrow the gap with Mitt Romney, particularly in large states with diverse electorates. His second-place showing in Illinois represented another squandered opportunity for Santorum, who is running out of chances to stop Romney and cannot afford to spend more time backtracking on things he has said. As in Michigan and Ohio, Santorum had come within striking distance only to fall short. Santorum prides himself on the fact that he is an unscripted candidate who will answer whatever he is asked. He has even gone so far as to declare that “when you run for president of the United States, it should be illegal to read off a teleprompter, because all you’re doing is reading someone else’s words to people.” In Santorum’s case, however, even his admirers think that might not be such a bad thing to try, at least every now and then. “What he says is undistilled Rick Santorum, and sometimes he says things inartfully,” said Richard Land, the political leader of the Southern Baptist Convention, who has not endorsed a candidate. “I hope that in the near future Rick will get some really good wordsmiths and give some better speeches.” Speaking off the cuff has proven treacherous for Santorum, undercutting his efforts to expand his base of support beyond social conservatives to economically stressed voters who might be able to relate to the former senator’s blue-collar roots. “He is going to answer the question, which is a good thing,” said his spokesman Hogan Gidley. “But it’s something we lament sometimes.” In fact, it can sometimes seem that Santorum swings at every ball that’s pitched. On Tuesday, for instance, he criticized President Barack Obama for allowing his 13-year-old daughter, Malia, to take a spring break trip to Mexico, parts of which the State Department has deemed unsafe. “If the administration is saying that it’s not safe to have people down there, then just because you can send 25 Se-
cret Service agents doesn’t mean you should do it,” Santorum said on a conservative talk radio show. “And when the government is saying this is not safe, then you don’t set the example by sending your kids down there.” However, there is no State Department warning for Oaxaca, where she reportedly is. One prominent Republican who is close to Santorum and who spoke on condition of anonymity, said the candidate also suffers from having honed his reflexes in the U.S. Capitol: “The problem is, he’s a former senator, and he wants to litigate every point.” During the past few days alone, Santorum has strayed off message into the subject of pornography, one that normally does not figure in presidential contests. In response to what he said was an inquiry from a voter, Santorum posted on his website an accusation that the Obama administration had “turned a blind eye to those who wish to preserve our culture from the scourge of pornography.” He vowed to crack down on hardcore porn if he is elected. Santorum also had to mop up after his statement that “I don’t care what the unemployment rate is going to be. It doesn’t matter to me.” When frontrunner Romney, predictably, leapt on that comment to suggest that his chief rival was giving short shrift to a subject that is at the top of voters’ concerns, Santorum was forced to clarify, “Of course I care about the unemployment rate. I want the unemployment rate to go down, but I’m saying my candidacy doesn’t hinge on whether the unemployment rate goes up and down.” Santorum has yet to fully tamp down the doubts about whether his personal opposition to contraception might affect his approach to policy in an area of law that has been settled for decades. So defensive is Santorum’s team on the subject that his wife, Karen, felt compelled to declare to CNN’s Piers Morgan: “Women have nothing to fear when it comes to contraceptives; he will do nothing on that issue.” Those who have observed Santorum’s political career are not surprised at what some would call his frankness and what others see as a lack of discipline. “About a month ago, the off-message, visceral, provocative Santorum emerged, and I was frankly stunned that it took so long for that to happen. It’s just who he is,” said Terry Madonna, director of the Center for Politics and Public Affairs at Franklin and Marshall College in Lancaster, Pa. The core of Santorum’s campaign operation has expanded little since its lean days in Iowa. His closest advisers include his wife, longtime strategist John Brabender, his former Senate chief of staff Mark Rodgers and political consultant Chuck Laudner, in whose pickup truck Santorum logged countless miles across Iowa. A more recent addition is John Yob, who was brought aboard the campaign to track convention delegates. In a conference call with reporters on Tuesday, Yob argued that the candidate has actually earned more delegates than has generally been credited in the media. It’s going to be “difficult for any candidate to get a majority prior to the national convention,” Yob said, adding that if it ends up going to a floor flight, “we view that as favorable territory for Rick Santorum because the delegates to the convention will by and large be more conservative.” That, however, has not happened in the Republican Party since 1948, when it took three ballots for New York Gov. Thomas Dewey to secure the nomination. Given how outgunned he is in organization and financial resources, Santorum has little margin for error. One good sign: In February, he raised $9 million, which put him not far behind the $11.5 million taken in by Romney. And he has hopes of winning Saturday’s Louisiana primary, as well as his home state of Pennsylvania in April and Texas after that. Yob also said Santorum is well positioned for a round of primaries in May, which will include several Southern states. Yet some of the candidate’s decisions — such as spending time and money in Puerto Rico, where he had virtually no chance of picking up any delegates in Sunday’s primary — have been mystifying. And Santorum made his chances there even worse by asserting that the island’s residents would have to make English their “main language” before becoming a state. Supporters hope, however, that he will get points for that in the long run. “His willingness to answer that question the way he did is a sign he did not pander to that audience,” said social conservative leader and former presidential contender Gary Bauer, who has endorsed Santorum.
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Romney wins Ill. primary by Sandhya Somashekhar THE WASHINGTON POST
Mitt Romney won the Illinois Republican presidential primary Tuesday, according to exit polls and tallies of early voting that showed him ahead of chief rival Rick Santorum. Balloting problems in dozens of Illinois counties were expected to delay the release of the official results of the race, but it was unclear early in the evening exactly how many. A Board of Elections official explained that many printed ballots were too wide to fit in the optical scanning machines that tally the votes. Those ballots were being trimmed or hand-counted after polls closed at 8 p.m. Eastern time. While the difficulties may have delayed the final tally, they did not create much suspense. Recent polls showed Romney with a double-digit lead over Santorum. A large margin of victory for Romney would give a jolt of energy to the frontrunner, who has eked out more modest wins in other Midwestern states, and would renew questions about Santorum’s viability as a candidate. But it would be unlikely to shake up the general geometry of the race; Santorum has vowed to soldier on in hopes of a surge before the Republican National Convention in August. And though much of the world may be ready for the Republican presidential fight to end, Illinois voters were not. About two-thirds of those who cast their ballots in Tuesday’s primary said they wanted to see their candidate prevail, even if the race goes on for months, according to early exit polls that suggested Republican voters were not ready to line up behind a single candidate for the sake of party unity. On Tuesday, Santorum’s advisers pushed back against skeptics who think Romney is racking up an insurmountable delegate lead. While the Associated Press’s delegate tally, which many news organizations rely on, shows Santorum 268 delegates behind Romney, Santorum’s advisers argued in a conference call that the race was much closer. Santorum spokesman Hogan Gidley said the campaign believes the delegate counts from AP and other media outlets
are “way off base, because they’re working with a lot of presumptions and adding in a lot of delegates that . . . haven’t been awarded properly.” Their analysis was based on their strength in caucus states, where projections about the winner are based on a symbolic straw poll, but actual delegates are awarded through a complex process that rewards a strong organization. Critics, however, said their argument was an unlikely best-case scenario for the former senator from Pennsylvania. Santorum was expected to do well in rural parts of Illinois that have large numbers of evangelical Christian voters, who made up about 40 percent of the electorate, according to the preliminary exit polls. Romney’s toughest primary fights have come in states with a large proportion of evangelical voters, who have overwhelmingly preferred Santorum or former House Speaker Newt Gingrich. By the same token, Santorum has struggled with suburban voters. Romney’s heaviest support was expected to come from the “collar counties” around Chicago, including Cook and DuPage. Romney spent heavily on advertising in the Chicago area; his campaign and a super PAC supporting him outspent Santorum 7 to 1 statewide on the airwaves. The early exit polls painted a picture of an electorate that was slightly more conservative than it was four years ago and largely pessimistic about the nation’s economic recovery. While some voters said they think the economy is getting better, more than twice as many said it is getting worse. About a third said the economy is holding steady. Illinois’s 9.4 percent January unemployment rate was higher than the 8.3 percent rate nationally. More than half of voters singled out the economy as the election’s top issue, and nearly four in 10 picked the ability to beat President Barack Obama in November as their top priority in a candidate. Gingrich campaigned in Illinois but lagged in recent polls. On Tuesday, his campaign confirmed that it had slid into debt, raising about $2.6 million in February but spending about $2.8 million. SEE ROMNEY ON PAGE 12
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DSG from page 1 Only the academic affairs committee and Durham and regional affairs remain intact—the proposal divides the former athletics, services and the environment committee as well as the former residential life and dining committee according to individual issues. The new services committee would incorporate dining, and athletics issues would be distributed across other committees as seen fit, said President Pete Schork, a senior. “We want to create hubs in DSG that are distilled in the essence of the issues by having functions laid out along the lines of issues that we’re dealing with,” Schork said. “We could better integrate members from the cabinet and from the larger community with this structure.” Schork and Executive Vice President Gurdane Bhutani, a junior, both resolved to re-examine the committee structure in their campaigns last year, Schork said.
Because the DSG constitution only allows for five vice presidents, the first election for executive board will elect the DSG President, executive vice president and five vice presidents for five of the new committees, Schork said. Students will also vote on a constitutional referendum on this ballot, allowing for an addition of two vice presidents. If this referendum is approved, candidates may run for the additional two vice president positions during the Senate election following the executive election, and then the new DSG structure will be in place by next year. “The [proposed] committee purviews are sound, but I do have some reservations about the timeline in which we are restructuring,” said junior Alexandra Swain, vice president of Durham and regional affairs. “I do recognize that there are some flaws to this proposal and some flaws to the status quo.” The proposal aims to increase efficiency and provide a clearer outlet for the student voice. With the proposed committee divisions, students would be able to run for a committee concentrated on their area of interest, at-
tracting candidates with more expertise, Schork said. Students might also more readily understand where to appeal their concerns and suggestions with the more explicit committees. But there is internal division over the proposal, though many in the Senate supports it outright, Schork said. Senior Ebonie Simpson, vice president of student life, said she opposes the changes, especially those related to her committee. “Currently, I deal with many things that some argue aren’t completely connected, but I have focused not only on service-oriented things but also diversity and equity issues,” Simpson said. “[The student life committee] has always done that.” Some members of DSG said they were under the impression that they would see multiple proposals, but the rules committee agreed on a single proposal for presentation Wednesday. “Our current structure is reverting our efforts and energies,” Schork said. “We want to increase our impact on what we can do through the student body.”
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wrote in an email Tuesday. BSAI began in the 1980s as the University’s effort to recruit top black applicants, according to BSA’s website. These prospective students are hosted by current undergraduates and are encouraged to participate in various activities designed to help them become familiar with the black student culture and the larger Duke community. The invitational weekend has been a source of controversy in recent years, as some have argued that the weekend may misrepresent life at the University or promote self-segregation. President Richard Brodhead has previously said that he prefers a racially unified welcome for all admitted students. Brodhead was instrumental in eliminating minority-targeted recruitment events at Yale University, where he served as dean of Yale College for 11 years. Brodhead is currently traveling and could not be reached for comment. BSA has been discussing the Black Culture Initiative with Dean of Arts and Sciences Laurie Patton; Steve Nowicki, dean and vice provost for undergraduate education; and Lee Baker, dean of academic affairs for Trinity College of Arts and Sciences and associate vice provost for undergraduate education, Asante said. The other recommendations include the placement of the Mary Lou Williams Center in the new West Union Building, the establishment of an endowment for culturally significant events and academic enrichment efforts and a statement from the University on special considerations for minorities in the admissions process. Baker declined to comment on the new funding provided for BSAI or the conversations with BSA, stating that discussions are still taking place. Patton and Nowicki could not be reached for comment. BSA awaits the composition and release of an official response to the Black Culture Initiative from the administration, Asante noted. “We are waiting [and] working on a... University response addressing the racial climate at Duke and the issues that black students are facing,” Asante said. “[We await] not only the University’s acknowledgement of the issue, but the steps and initiative the University is taking to address these issues.” Asante added that BSA is brainstorming a way to gauge the everyday challenges faced by black students and other minorities on campus. Although the logistics of such an assessment are currently unclear, Asante said ideas include implementing some combination of statistical data, focus groups and presentations. “The work we’ve been doing and the dialogue we’ve been engaging in shows that we are dedicated to doing anything and everything necessary toward bringing forward these concerns to the University and addressing them accordingly,” she said.
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Vanderbilt’s zone defense Tuesday night was no match for the Blue Devils, who put up their most accurate shooting effort of the season to earn themselves a trip to the Sweet 16. The Commodore’s defense initially forced Duke into attempts from long range, but the Blue Devils took advantage of the deep opportunities. They shot the lights out early—highlighted by nine consecutive buckets during a five-minute stretch in the first half— forcing Vanderbilt to unpack its zone in Game order to contest shots along the perimBy forcing the Commodore post Analysis eter. players to respect the jump shot, Duke was able to find cutters underneath the basket for easy layups. “It was just a matter of getting out post players out, our guards out—just communication, and we lacked that,” Vanderbilt sophomore guard Christina Foggie said. “It should not have been as hard as it looked out there.” The Blue Devils also converted easy layups in transition, as their post players routinely beat 6-foot-4 sophomore center Stephanie Holzer up the floor. On multiple occasions, Duke used crisp outlet passing to push the ball up the court and score before Holzer could get within 25 feet of her defensive position. Duke went on a 29-6 run while Vanderbilt head coach Melanie Balcomb and the Commodores struggled to defend a team shooting well over 60 percent from the field, which gave the Blue Devils a cushion they would enjoy for the rest of the game. Vanderbilt eventually adjusted,
With a career-high 25 points, Haley Peters helped take the pressure off injured freshman Elizabeth Williams, who played just 26 minutes.
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Tricia Liston scored 23 points on a 10-for-15 performance as the Blue Devils defeated Vanderbilt on its home floor.
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Blue Devils fall in playoff holes to Arkansas Top-seeded Razorbacks win on 21st hole by Jackie Klauberg THE CHRONICLE
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Tim Gornik drained a 35-foot putt to help Duke through the semifinals of the Callaway Collegiate Match Play.
The reigning champion Blue Devils were able to force playoff holes to determine the outcome of the Callaway Collegiate Match Play tournament in Bradenton, Fla., but ultimately fell short of a championship at the hands of No. 1 seed Arkansas. Duke’s final round against the Razorbacks was neckand-neck, but Arkansas ultimately proved victorious by winning three of five matches and halving one. Junior Julian Suri was the lone Blue Devil to win his final match, defeating Ethan Tracy 5-3. Sophomore Brinson Paolini— who had won his previous seven matches played at this tournament—and junior Austin Cody, fell short in the championship round at the hands of Arkansas’ Sebastian Cappelen and Austin Cook, respectively. But the team outcome was decided in playoff holes, when the Razorbacks’ Thomas Sorensen birdied the 18th hole to pull even with Tim Gornik, and Duke’s Yaroslav Merkulov and Arkansas’ Kolton Crawford were all square after 18 holes of play. Crawford was able to beat Merkulov after three extra holes, clinching the championship for the Razorbacks. Gornik and Sorensen were still at play at this point, so their match was considered halved.
“It’s not that we didn’t play well today,” Duke head coach Jamie Green said. “Arkansas just played a bit better.” The outcome of the Blue Devils’ semifinal round against California Monday ultimately lay in the hands of Gornik, who was forced into a playoff hole after tying the Bears’ Keelan Kilpatrick through 18 holes. Since Gornik’s match was the last of the day, all the Blue Devils were there to watch and support their teammate in this highpressure situation. “Every one of our guys would have wanted to be in that position,” Green said. “They want that excitement. They want to be in that situation to get it done for the team.” Since Gornik’s ball was measured to be slightly further from the hole than his opponent’s, he was forced to putt first. After reading his line just right, Gornik sunk the 35-foot putt. “A play like that’ll get everybody riled up,” Green said. “There were some pumped fists and high fives…. But you still always seem to expect the other guy to make [his putt] too. But Kilpatrick’s putt stopped short, sending the Blue Devils into the championship round to take on Arkansas. “The guys just love [match play],” Green said. “There’s more of an immediacy to it.”
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NASHVILLE, Tenn. — In an arena without air conditioning, facing an opponent playing on its home floor and a trip to the Sweet 16 on the line, the Blue Devils used the game’s intensity to get hot from the field. The highest-scoring game of Duke’s season—with 176 total points scored—
ANALYSIS from page 7 going to a full-court press in the second half that gave the Blue Devils some trouble, but by then it was too late. “I did not see that coming,” Balcomb said. “Defensively, we did not come out ready. We didn’t take anything away from them. We didn’t dictate....We had the deer in the headlights look, which I just didn’t think we would have at home.” Sophomore Haley Peters provided the spark for the Blue Devils during the early run, swishing three straight deep jumpers at one point and putting up 15 points in the first half. The 6-foot-3 forward finished with career highs in minutes, points, and field goals made. Sophomore Chelsea Gray, who will return to her home state next weekend to take on St. John’s in Fresno, Calif., finished just one assist shy of matching her career high of 13. She found teammates both in the half-court offense and in transition, even feeding Peters a fast-break layup from across the mid-court line in the first half. “I think she looks for the natural next move,” McCallie said. “I loved her eyes, they were up and she was finding her team-
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the second-seeded Blue Devils dominated Tuesday night’s matchup against Vanderbilt in a fast-paced shootout, defeating the Commodores 96-80 at Memorial Gynmasium. Led by Haley Peters and Tricia Liston, who scored 25 and 23 points, respectively, Duke took its momentum from Sunday’s lopsided victory over Samford to dominate seventh-seeded Vanderbilt. A raucous Commodore crowd had little effect on the Blue Devils early on, with head coach Joanne P. McCallie’s squad pressuring Vanderbilt on both ends of the floor. mates to make the easiest pass possible.” Despite having such a offensive showing—Duke shot 65.6 percent from the field, a season high—the Blue Devils were far from perfect on the other end of the floor. Defensive rebounding, a weak area for the Blue Devils all season, once again plagued the team. The Vanderbilt post players, who failed to grab a defensive rebound in the first half, had their way on the offensive glass, snatching 10 offensive boards in the first period. Holzer especially gave Duke trouble on defense, once grabbing three rebounds in one possession before finally converting on a layup opportunity. After getting burned by Holzer for 10 points and six offensive rebounds in the first half, freshman Elizabeth Williams adjusted and was able to limit her counterpart to just two points and one offensive rebound in the next twenty minutes. “Initially I missed some box-outs, especially in that first stretch where they got a sequence of offensive rebounds,” Williams said. “After that, I really focused…[McCallie] told me to focus on positioning, just being in the right spots on offense and defense. So that’s what I tried to do—put a body on [Holzer].”
Making 25-of-37 shots, Duke controlled the first half and headed into the locker room with a 24-point lead. The Blue Devils dictated play on defense as well, forcing 11 first-half turnovers while keeping Commodores to 13-for-31 shooting from the field. Duke scored on all but six of its firsthalf possessions, pulling down eight offensive rebounds and only turning the ball over twice. “I’m very proud of our team’s effort, especially the way we came out in the first half just sharing the basketball offensively and playing some terrific defense,” McCallie said. “I don’t think we played as good of defense in the second half, but certainly in the first half I think we dictated a lot of things on the floor.” Duke had three players in double figures at the half, led by Peters’ 15 points on 7-of-8 shooting. Chelsea Gray scored 10 points and dished out four assists and Elizabeth Williams scored 11 points without missing a shot from the field. The freshman also racked up three assists, three rebounds and two blocks before
halftime. The Blue Devils’ main first-half problem was on the defensive glass. Vanderbilt center Stephanie Holzer brought down six offensive rebounds, pacing the Commodores, who tallied 11 in the game’s first 20 minutes. Duke came out of the locker room and continued its offensive onslaught without missing a beat. Liston scored the first five points of the half and made all seven of her shots in the period. Although the Blue Devils continued to struggle on the defensive glass—giving up 17 offensive rebounds on the game—Duke showed no other flaws in its all-around domination. A late-game run by Vanderbilt brought the Blue Devils’ lead under 20 points, but the Commodores never made a big enough run to make the contest close. The game closed with Vanderbilt fans, who had the rare opportunity to watch an NCAA tournament game on their home floor, chanting “Lehigh” during the closing seconds. The lone bright spot for the Commodores was SEC leading scorer Christina
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Recommitting DSG committees At Duke Student Govern- new structure will divide ment’s general body meeting the committees into the imtonight, DSG senators will proved categories of academvote on a proposal to reorga- ic affairs, services, residential nize the assembly’s commit- life, social culture, Durham tees into new categories. The and regional affairs, diverexisting five sity and equity committees— and facilities editorial academic afand environfairs, Durham and regional ment. This categorization affairs, residential life and represents a logical division dining, student life and ath- in responsibilities, which will letics, services and the en- allow committee members vironment—will be restruc- to work as a cohesive unit tured into seven committees. toward common goals. ConWe support this change trasted with the patchwork in committee purviews for athletics, services and the enseveral reasons. First, the ad- vironment committee, which dition of two committees and works on issues that are often two new vice president posi- entirely unrelated to one antions will likely increase Sen- other, the new committees ate productivity by spreading seem well ordered and proout the responsibilities and ductive. adding more accountability. The committees will touch More importantly, the on a number of services. For
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y now, it should surprise no one that I’m door could cost around $10,000. not the biggest fan of the new house modThat’s $10,000 for one door, not to menel. Since I first began writing about the new tion all of the other houses that need common housing system last semester, I’ve rooms or all of the modifications generally been of the opinion that that are required on Central Camthe biggest problem is not the conpus. To make matters worse, Cracept itself, but its execution. What ven, Crowell and most of Central started out as a way to promote Campus are still awaiting the masequality and provide consistency sive renovations that Kilgo and in housing for all students has deFew recently received. So in a few volved into a system that hurts afyears, that common room that filiated and non-affiliated students Dean Deb is slaving over is going scott briggs alike. By reducing the blocking to be gutted anyway. I feel like a as i see it size, randomly assigning indepenCongressional Republican crying dents to their houses and relegatwasteful spending. ing selective living groups to the least desirable The disaster that is the house model used to locations, it seems as if the administrators were get me fired up, but now the time and money only trying to make their lives easier. In some Duke spends constantly “reimagining residenstrange way, accepting the house model is much tial life” just depresses me. Universities like Yale, less painful if you tell yourself that Joe Gonzales whose residential colleges initially inspired the and his cronies must know that what they are do- house model, have had the same housing system ing doesn’t make sense. Sure, it sucks that we’re for over 100 years. At Duke, our housing system getting screwed, but at least someone’s job is less seems to change every decade. I wonder why this stressful, right? new model should be any more successful than Apparently, though, I was giving Joe undue the previous rejects. credit for his craftiness. The more time I spend I’m of the opinion that if we spent more time around House Model Committee members and thinking about the consequences and financial resident coordinators trying to iron out the details implications of our actions, we might not regret of this mess, the more I realize that they’re los- so many of them. Every time I talk to an admining hair over this, too. The sheer amount of effort istrator or read a quote in The Chronicle about and money that has been put into reconfiguring the house model, there is an allusion to all of the dorms to satisfy various housing systems is mind- “remaining unanswered questions.” Most of these boggling. When Duke switched over from the questions—like dealing with students returning original house model to the quad model, they had from abroad, the rules governing the quota systo tear down numerous walls that had been erect- tem or the new Residential Group Assessment ed to delineate house boundaries. As we transition Committee (RGAC) requirements—aren’t exactly to the house model reincarnate, rebuilding walls minor issues. It blows my mind that Duke can apwill only be the beginning. prove such significant changes without considerI can speak from experience. During last ing the details. To use an analogy, you wouldn’t semester’s house model lottery, my fraternity drive a car off the assembly line without installing drew a section on West that currently does not the brakes first. have a common room. In order to create a space This is an issue that extends far beyond resilarge enough to serve as a common room for a dential life. For instance, had the administrators medium-sized selective living group, Housing, consulted the faculty more extensively or taken Dining and Residence Life will have to spend the time to determine a reasonable estimate for the summer tearing out a spiral staircase that the cost of building a university in China becurrently leads to another “house,” knocking fore we actually decided to build it, we probably down walls that were not intended to be tempo- wouldn’t be in the mess that is Duke Kunshan rary. Furthermore, the current layout separates University. It’s never a good idea to leap before three dorm rooms from the rest of our house you look, and it won’t be long before careless deby a card-reader door. That means the students cisions begin to burn the people who let them in these rooms would not be able to visit the happen. common room or any other dorm rooms withHere’s how I see it: A door might cost $10,000, out “swiping into” section, even though they but reckless decision-making is priceless. never left it in the first place. While discussing this with HDRL Assistant Dean Deb LoBiondo, Scott Briggs is a Trinity sophomore. His column runs she mentioned that relocating one card-reader every other Wednesday.
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hat makes the Duke Social Rela- areas of a college student’s life feed into a gentionships Project report different eral sense of belonging. This is all mapped from the long line of official (and out in detail in the report—but the upshot is unofficial, ahem) commenthat DSRP takes a complex, taries on the lives of Duke unmulti-pronged, data-driven dergraduates? DSRP refuses approach to measuring how to play the culture game, a satisfied students feel with stance that is both refreshing their lives at Duke. DSRP is and overdue. interested in how the things I’m far from a trained we do together, like drinking psychologist, so I can’t offer and hooking up and taking a technical commentary on connor southard classes, feed into how we feel the report itself, which is illuas individuals. dead poet minating and often surprisWhat DSRP does not do is ing. Read it yourself at sites. agonize over Duke’s culture duke.edu/dsrp/. and the attendant norms. Instead, DSRP foAmong other insights, DSRP provides cuses on measuring how happy and healthy us with a good starting point for thinking students believe themselves to be. In a 54about the classic problem that vexes at- page report, the word “culture” appears only tempts to examine and critique the lives twice. Prof. Steven Asher, lead researcher on of Duke students: How do we talk about DSRP, told The Chronicle this: “There’s no students in general without giving the in- one dominant Duke culture, and we encourdividual student a raw deal? age students to celebrate that part of Duke This is the question begged any time that’s their Duke.” someone—administrator or student or The language used in the report’s conclucolumnist—makes a cultural generaliza- sion echoes Asher, saying, “Over the life of tion about Duke students. Yes, you’re this study, we have come to more fully apprecompelled to respond, there is such a ciate that there is not one type of Duke stuthing as culture (even campus culture, if dent or one representation of Duke student you like), but what does that have to do culture that best fits. For example, there is with me? By definition, you can’t be a cul- no one pathway by which students come to ture of one, which means that you can’t develop a sense of place and connectedness fix a culture even if you fix your own be- at Duke. We encourage students who read havior/thoughts/Nasty Natty intake. this report to question the idea that there is Generalizations about culture have a a single dominant Duke culture and instead way of falling on deaf ears, because they to celebrate and make stronger the parts of seem so paternalistic. When we’re told Duke that engage you intellectually, emowhat our culture is like, we’re being told tionally and in your relationships.” stories about a vague-but-mighty force Wise words. that floats above us and dictates what we Aside from the specific insights of do even when we have the illusion that the research, DSRP’s refusal to engage we’re acting independently. The message in culture-quibbling is, itself, innovative. too often seems to be that we’re victims Culture does matter, but we have to find of culture. We’re also somehow the per- other ways of talking about Duke students petrators, because it’s our culture, after and our lives. It’s woefully imprecise, not all. We’re supposed to be both wrong and to mention dull, to cast us as victim-perpewronged, a dizzying double whammy. trators in the thrall of an abstract force. Without getting into an academic deOne way to improve the conversation bate about what it means to talk about “cul- is by investigating what’s in the minds ture,” it’s easy to see that the double-bind of Duke students, without assuming that described above makes so many accounts of any single factor is responsible for those Duke student life come across as preachy, thoughts and feelings being there. That inaccurate and alienating. This is where kind of open-minded inquiry is what grandiose gestures—like the granddaddy DSRP does. DSRP recognizes the imporof campus culture assessments, Reynolds tance of our social lives without treating Price’s 1993 Founder’s Day speech—fall us like slaves to social norms, and doing short. Anything that sounds like a blanket so has meant that their report might be indictment of student life will immediately the most clear-headed investigation of raise justifiable objections from students student life that Duke has ever seen. who feel talked down to and stereotyped. DSRP proves that we can meaningWhich brings us back to DSRP. fully talk about Duke students in general DSRP focuses on the feeling of “belong- terms—something we have to do from ingness” (as opposed to loneliness) that time to time—without pontificating about students experience. To measure this, the culture. Let’s just hope this doesn’t put all researchers used self-reported data gathered of us columnists out of a job. over a four-year period to build a rubric for what factors—e.g., “alcohol use,” “feelings Connor Southard is a Trinity senior. His about the self” and “academics”—in various column runs every other Wednesday.
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eople say college is the best time of from “Hercules” and Daria from “Daria.” your life. But these people are liars. I learned the joy of cooking from LunchThese people are either nerdy high able’s pizzas. I learned science from Bill school kids looking for Nye and learned everyhope in the world, or they thing else on Ms. Frizzle’s are President Brodhead cracked-out magic school and his poker buddies, trybus. ing to justify our tuition. But These were truly the hey, I love college as much glory days. For Lindsay as the next white rapper Tomson, for my genera(are you there, Asher Roth? tion and for the dag nab It’s me… your lackluster diof A. lindsay tomson U. S.Speaking rection in life). But I have of “My Gento vehemently declare that eration” … allow me to middle child the best time of my life was quote Roger Daltrey when syndrome in the ’90s. A time of denim I say “I hope I die before I and floral print. A time of get old.” Daltrey and The slinkies and Furbies. A time of Kenan and Who boys provide the perfect accompaKel. What’s not to love? Also, childhood was niment to an immortal anthem’s lyrics. a time where sobriety and sexual inhibition P.S., if Pete Townsend is reading this (I were sort of expected, so I had the opportu- hear he’s a fan of mine), I worship you nity to really thrive. (Oh dear readers … I’ll and maintain you have the sexiest snout never stop drilling the explicitly non-explicit among all electric guitar mavens. Despite details of my life into you!) my praise of you and your mysteriously I peaked in elementary school. Well… branded posse, however, I think your song I peaked in kindergarten. After that I is talking about the wrong generation. I just got weird again and did the middle dig the ’60s, man. But if you’d grown up child things I enumerated in my first col- on ’90s Nickelodeon, then you’d know umn. I think it’s because the farther I got what’s up. from the ’90s, the more life sucked. For It devastates me that some of you don’t instance: Boy bands started replacing ac- get the majority of these references. It’s tual bands on the radio like Hootie and because you’re freshmen and you’re too the Blowfish. And the Air Bud franchise young for my senioritis. But if you were disintegrated until the poor pup was born before 1993 and you don’t get these playing something like badminton well references, then you can talk to the hand. into his dog years. I think as an intuitive Or at the very least don’t talk to me be5-year-old I could sense that the 2000s cause we have nothing in common. You would completely blow, so I set off to take have no excuse for your ignorance. full advantage of my youth. Excuse my bitterness. But you see, I’m I was (for lack of a stronger term) graduating in seven weeks. It’s a realization an Adonis of the playground. I would that instigates panic attacks on the reg. So wear this hot little number that involved rather than looking forward, I’m looking blueberry-patterned biking shorts with a back. I’m embracing the nostalgia. matching T-shirt. I’m assuming the assoIt’s not the best mentality to have for a ciated scrunchie matched as well. And if broad who’s way past her prime. So maythat’s not hot enough for you, picture this: be there’s a lesson in this—a lesson for I would take the bottom of my T-shirt and all the people who claim their best years bring it up to tuck into the top of my T- are behind them (whether those years shirt, creating this alluring triangle bikini reside in the 1990s or in the Gothic Woneffect. All those “explore your developing derland). Don’t look at life through the body” books were really working for me confines of set stages: childhood, adolesas I played with the idea of being a child cence, high school, college.… Then you streetwalker. And trust me, it worked. Boys just feel the pressure to “make the most were hanging from the monkey bars to of it” while it still lasts. I’ve been looking get with this. I then proceeded to employ at senior year through this lens of exterthe coy technique I still use today where I nal expectation and it’s dulled it for me. either friendzone myself or run away awk- Rather than having fun, I’m just hoping wardly. It keeps ‘em coming, ladies! I look like I’m having fun. So from now Reflecting on such zeniths in my life on, I’m not taking advantage of college makes me realize that everything I know, I or senior year or what someone else calls learned before age 10. I learned style from the best time of my life. I’m taking advanClarissa Darling, which is probably why tage of life itself. Every day is a glory day. I never match. I learned frattiness from her best friend Sam, who spent his adoLindsay Tomson is a Trinity senior. Her lescence sneaking into chicks’ bedrooms installation of the weekly Socialites column while wearing a backwards hat. I learned runs on alternate Wednesdays. Follow Lindsarcasm from my two cartoon idols: Meg sey on Twitter at @elle4tee
Mariah Hukins, Trinity ‘13
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THE CHRONICLE
ROMNEY from page 5
SPECIAL TO THE CHRONICLE
A new water reclamation pond on Circuit Drive, which will serve both functional and recreational purposes, will collect rainwater to be used at the on-campus Chilled Water Plant. The pond, still in the planning stages, will cost the University $9 million.
POND from page 1 “This is not an easy thing to get permitted because we’re interrupting stream water, so it has to go through the permitting process, which will probably take much of this year,” Trask said. “We’ll [start construction] as soon as we can.” The Durham Public Works Department has not yet begun dealing with the permitting process, Public Works
Director Marvin Williams said. “This project is still in the planning stages with the project management staff, designers and facilities people at Duke,” Williams wrote in an email Tuesday. “There have been no submittals of this project beyond concept sketches and potential site locations.” Trask said he anticipates that the project will be approved. “We don’t think [getting the permits] will be a problem, it just takes time,” Trask said.
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Gingrich has moved on to Louisiana, where he held two meet-and-greets Tuesday in advance of Saturday’s primary there. Santorum was planning to hold a primary-night event in Gettysburg in his home state of Pennsylvania, while Romney scheduled a primary-night party in the Chicago suburb of Schaumburg. Rep. Ron Paul, R-Texas, was to appear on “The Tonight Show” with Jay Leno. Romney spent the day in Chicago, attending a luncheon fundraiser and touring Google’s offices downtown. He met with employees and held an online forum at Google, taking a series of questions and mostly sticking to his campaign talking points. He said the most difficult part of life on the campaign trail is making sure his clothes are clean. “I woke up this morning and found I did not have any shirts that would be appropriate for a fundraiser, so I had to wash my shirt out of the sink,” Romney said. “Then I thought, how am I going to get this thing dried fast enough? So I got the iron out. It took me about 20 minutes to iron and dry. The collar is finally dry.” The weather in the Chicago area was an unseasonably warm 80 degrees and sunny, and pleasant weather often portends heavier voter turnout. But was that what local officials were seeing? “No,” said David Orr, the Cook County clerk, who spent the morning visiting polling stations. “I think what it means is that the people who are working the polls are thrilled, and especially the people who are working outside who are used to being freezing on election day are thrilled.” Turnout for presidential primaries typically hovers around 25 percent, Orr said, with the notable exception of the Democratic primary four years ago, when voters turned out in droves to support Barack Obama, then a U.S. senator from Chicago. Turnout was likely be higher in some areas because of closely watched congressional primaries in both parties. In the 16th District, which was created as a result of redistricting this year, two Republican incumbents were facing off against each other — Reps. Adam Kinzinger and Don Manzullo. Staff writers Aaron Blake and Felicia Sonmez contributed to this report.
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